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HILL, N.C.- The University of North Carolina women's golf
team fired a 9-over-par 297 to tie for ninth place in the opening round of the
Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational Friday at UNC Finley Golf Course. Senior Katherine Perry led the Tar Heels by firing
an even par 72 and is tied for 16th place in the individual race.

"Well overall I thought for the most part the girls played
well," North Carolina head coach Jan Mann said.
"If you look at how we finished, we didn't finish well. We just need to finish stronger."

Perry, from Cary, N.C., carded four birdies, two bogeys and
one double bogey. Elizabeth Mallett, a
sophomore from Sutton
Coldfield, England, recorded a 2-over-par 74 and is tied for 36th. Mallet had the most birdies on the team with
five, but also had four bogeys and one triple bogey. Samantha Marks finished one stroke behind
Mallet at 3-over-par 75. Marks, a
sophomore from Maitland, Fla., had one birdie with four bogeys and is tied for
42nd. Senior Jackie Chang registered a 4-over-par
76 and is tied for 55th. Chang, a native
of Scottsdale, Ariz., had one birdie, three bogeys, and one double bogey. Maia Schechter, from Takoma Park, Md.,
finished the first round in 72nd place with a 6-over-par 78. Schechter, a junior, had one birdie and seven
bogeys.

"I feel like our team can make tons of birdies," Coach Mann
said. "So I'm confident over the next
two days that we'll perform well. It's
always tough to not start real strong, but we're fighters so they'll come
through."

Leslie
Cloots played as an individual in the tournament and shot a 4-over 76 in round
one. Cloots, a freshman from Antwerp,
Belgium, had a consistent round with just four bogeys and the rest pars and is
tied for 55th place.

Antonia
Scherer of Vanderbilt fired a 5-under 67 to lead after the first round of
play. Clemson's Ashlan Ramsey shot a
4-uner 68 to earn second place. Duke's
Laetitia Beck and Mississippi's Alison Hovatter are tied for third at 3-under
69. In a five-way tie for fifth place at
2-under-par sit South Carolina's Justine Dreher, Vanderbilt's Kendall
Martindale, Virginia's Portland Rosen, Arkansas's Gaby Lopez, and Florida's
Karolina Vickova.

Vanderbilt leads the 18-team pack after the first
round. The Commodores fired a 3-under
285. Duke is one stroke behind at
2-under-par 286. Auburn is in third
place after a 3-over 291 first round performance. Tied for fourth at 4-over-par are Mississippi
and Oklahoma. In sixth place is NC State
at 5-over-par.

"I'm really proud of them," Vanderbilt head coach Greg Allen
said. "We got off to a great start. I think we were at 7-under with three or four
left to play. Led by freshman Antonia
Scherer who had a lot of kick-in birdies today.
I think she left a few out there too.
That's how impressive her round was today. Ball striking was phenomenal. If you hit the ball well here the greens are
always so good, you are going to have some birdie opportunities. We were fortunate to make a lot early on, and
we just made a few bogeys coming in.

"It's a great field so there's a lot of work left. We just have to stay focused on what we're
doing."

The Ruth's Chris Tar
Heel Invitational will continue Saturday, Oct. 12, at UNC Finley Golf Course in
Chapel Hill. The second round will begin at 9:09 a.m. off the 1st and at 8:51
off the 10th on the par 72, 6,379-yard layout. Admission is free and the public
is invited to attend. Live scoring is also available on GoHeels.com.